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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-19
Hey @olpc fans in #Seattle – just seeing that seaxo.org and seattlexo.org domains expiring. Anyone want them? # Is anyone organizing around @olpc in #seattle these days? Would love an update on what's happening here with that and @sugarlabs #
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Even wikipedia is fraught with peril
I love how XKCD teaches us valuable tech skills through humor. Wikipedia is a great tool, but as with all tools we need to use our brains when we use it – and be more than slightly careful.
First time biking onto the ferry
I live on Bainbridge Island, and the way to get to and from Seattle from here is via ferry. Although I’ve lived here for years I’ve never had to commute into Seattle before and now want to start preparing myself … Continue reading
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-12
I need to pee. http://t.co/0QOKmLbK > social media explained. #random #facebook #twitter #youtube #linkedin #googleplus # Thanks @laurirose @hamburganon @anonoftheabove for sharing my #freealaa tweet. He's still in prison! http://t.co/a6S3b2U8 # #africaisnotacountry RT @acarlman "You can calllll meeeeee AL…." LOVE … Continue reading
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Did You Know – Mobile Stats for Africa 2011
I came across this handy visualization again today at http://vanstokkom.blogspot.com/2011/09/did-you-know-30.html – worth sharing and thinking about from time to time.
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“The next time you come back it’ll be funnier” – Ishmael Beah interview with Jon Stewart
I had the pleasure of joining a Schools for Salone fundraiser in Seattle last Thursday – and Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, was one of the featured speakers. He’s very inspiring – … Continue reading
Social Media Explained
Perhaps it’s because “you get out of facebook what you put into facebook” and I haven’t been spending much time on facebook in recent months, my stream has been reduced to people I know sharing (“so funny! I’m stealing this … Continue reading
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-05
Note to self … Do not use fountain pens on airplanes http://t.co/7MjS42nA # 12K for 12K. A signatory for each civilian detained by mltry courts in Egypt. @accessnow petition to #FreeAlaa http://t.co/porJ4Ko7 #
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Free the Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El Fattah (again)
Well, it certainly feels strange after only a few days back home after the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference to learn that one of the people I was hanging out with there, Alaa Abd El Fattah (@alaa), a courageous Egyptian activist and … Continue reading
